The Volcanic Hazard Great animated guide of Volcanoes
Questions to consider Why do Volcanoes occur?
Are all volcanoes the same?
Why do people live in Volcanic areas?
Case Study: For the following you should know.
Mount St. Helens.
Montserrat,
Why did this volcano erupt
What were the short term effects
What were the long term effects
Was the eruption predicted. How was it monitored?
What was done to reduce loss of life, economic loss
Aim - You will be using the various layers on the left of google earth and the slider function to decide the best location for a new hospital in San Francisco.
4. When making a decision turn the layers on and off and use the slider. You need to consider -
where are the plate margins
Where is liquefaction or other hazards (landslides) likely to occur most
Where are your customers
What about transport links
When you have decided upon a great location for a hospital
a) create a polygon showing the outline of the hospital
b) Create a placemark over this polygon and write a description in the placemark VERY CAREFULLY using the GUIDELINES in the link below. This is VERY IMPORTANT that you do this. Much of this assessment is about following guidelines.
to help you write your placemark correctly. Note - it is this that you are being assessed on.
Note: when you have finished. You need to right click on your placemark in the layers menu on the left. You then click "save place as" then call it yourname.kmz
You then need to upload this .kmz file onto your wiki. I will not accept anything apart from this. You recieve 0.0 marks unless this is done.
Unit Question: Can We Control Our Environment?
Area of Interaction: Environment
What is a Natural Hazard?
The Haiti Disaster -
Haiti.docx
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Open the Document above. Connect to the story and answer questions on the sheet.?Further Information:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8455629.stm - Haiti disaster BBC report
You will need to write a full explanation with a map of what caused the earthquake.
Causes of Tectonic Hazards
The Volcanic Hazard
Great animated guide of Volcanoes
Questions to consider
Why do Volcanoes occur?
Are all volcanoes the same?
Why do people live in Volcanic areas?
Case Study: For the following you should know.
Mount St. Helens.
Montserrat,
Why did this volcano erupt
What were the short term effects
What were the long term effects
Was the eruption predicted. How was it monitored?
What was done to reduce loss of life, economic loss
The Earthquake Hazard
Animation of causes Document of causes
Assessment - Responding to the Earthquake Hazard
Planning the location of a Hospital in An Earthquake Zone
1. Intro Movie - go down to the San Francisco Earthquake
2. Open Google Earth
3. Download the
Other helpful placemarks
1. Fault lines
2. Earthquake Probability in Bay Area -
Aim - You will be using the various layers on the left of google earth and the slider function to decide the best location for a new hospital in San Francisco.
4. When making a decision turn the layers on and off and use the slider. You need to consider -
When you have decided upon a great location for a hospital
a) create a polygon showing the outline of the hospital
b) Create a placemark over this polygon and write a description in the placemark VERY CAREFULLY using the GUIDELINES in the link below. This is VERY IMPORTANT that you do this. Much of this assessment is about following guidelines.
Use this guide
Note: when you have finished. You need to right click on your placemark in the layers menu on the left. You then click "save place as" then call it yourname.kmz
You then need to upload this .kmz file onto your wiki. I will not accept anything apart from this. You recieve 0.0 marks unless this is done.